Hypothetical Assessment for 3rd
Grade Geography on States
By
the end of the semester, students will be able to identify the 50 United States
by full name, two letter postal abbreviations, the shape of the state, and the
area of the United States in which the state resides.
The United State map will be broken up into 5 sections: Northeast
region, Southeast region, Midwest region, Southwest region, West Region.
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Northeast region
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Southeast region
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Midwest region
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Southwest region
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West region
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Maine
ME
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Louisiana
LA
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Illinois
IL
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Arizona
AZ
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Colorado
CO
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New Hampshire NH
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Alabama
AL
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Indiana
IN
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New Mexico
NM
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Idaho
ID
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Vermont
VT
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Mississippi
MS
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Iowa
IA
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Oklahoma
OK
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Montana
MT
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Massachusetts
MA
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Florida
FL
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Kansas
KS
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Texas
TX
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Nevada
NV
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Connecticut
CT
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Georgia
GA
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Michigan
MI
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Utah
UT
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Rhode Island
RI
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North Carolina
NC
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Minnesota
MN
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Wyoming
WY
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New York
NY
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South Carolina
SC
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Nebraska
NE
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Alaska
AK
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New Jersey
NJ
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Virginia
VA
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North Dakota
ND
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California
CA
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Pennsylvania
PA
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Kentucky
KY
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Ohio
OH
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Hawaii
HI
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Delaware
DE
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Tennessee
TN
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South Dakota
SD
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Oregon
OR
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Maryland
MD
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Arkansas
AR
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Wisconsin
WI
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Washington
WA
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West Virginia
WV
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At the end of each phase of
teaching, a formative assessment will be given to include a fill in the blank
of the State abbreviation, for example:
·
Maine
_____________
·
New
Hampshire ________
Additionally
the students will be given regional blank maps to fill in the abbreviation of
the state with its corresponding shape.
For example:
(Foresman)
1.____________ 6.__________ 11._________
2.____________ 7.__________
3.____________ 8.__________
4.____________ 9.__________
5.____________ 10._________
At the end
of the class the students will be given a 50 question fill in the blank test
with all of the States names and a fill in the blank United States map.
Holistic
Rubric for Assessment:
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++ 2 points per question
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Demonstrates Knowledge of State Name
without error
Demonstrated Knowledge of Abbreviation
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+1 point per question
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Demonstrates knowledge of State Name
but contains spelling error
Demonstrates knowledge of Abbreviation
but contains spelling error
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+0 point per question
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Does not demonstrate knowledge of
state name or abbreviation
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Testing
Constraints:
Students
will be given 1 hour to complete final assessment.
